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‘Speed and greed’: Readers react to column on rampant red-light running

by Mark Pothier - Independent Staff 11/21/202411/22/2024

My recent column about the rampant disregard of red lights – along with other basic rules of the road – generated a lot of in-box traffic. As I wrote, it’s not strictly a Plymouth problem, but since this is where we live, it’s where we drive the most, and why we care more. Of the […]

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Wild in the streets of Plymouth: When did running red lights become normalized?

by Mark Pothier - Independent Staff 11/07/202411/21/2024

“This is what it has come to.” So begins the trailer for “Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.” In director George Miller’s 1981 apocalyptic classic, rules of the road get run over as unhinged drivers race to avoid extinction. The wild ride doesn’t end well for most. It reminds me of driving around Plymouth. Based […]

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